&ldquo;Consequently, the colonial state could not settle simply for eminence at the cost of its marginality; it began to take initiatives to introduce the logic of modernity into Indian society.&rdquo; Which of the following best captures the sense of this statement?

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“Consequently, the colonial state could not settle simply for eminence at the cost of its marginality; it began to take initiatives to introduce the logic of modernity into Indian society.” Which of the following best captures the sense of this statement?

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A.
The colonial state’s eminence was unsettled by its marginal position; therefore, it developed Indian society by modernising it.
B.
The colonial enterprise was a costly one; so to justify the cost it began to take initiatives to introduce the logic of modernity into Indian society.
C.
The colonial state felt marginalised from Indian society because of its own modernity; therefore, it sought to address that marginalisation by bringing its modernity to change Indian society.
D.

The cost of the colonial state’s eminence was not settled; therefore, it took the initiative of introducing modernity into Indian society.

Option C is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

The British colonial state could not settle for eminence at the cost of its marginality. That is, the British colonial state believed its superior modernity set it apart from the Indian society. But it did not want to be marginalised because of its modernity. So, it began to take initiatives to introduce the logic of modernity into Indian society. Option 3 best captures this.

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